Antimicrobial Compounds - Current Strategies and New Alternatives (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)

Since penicillin and salvarsan were discovered, a number of new drugs to combat infectious diseases have been developed, but at the same time, the number of multi-resistant microorganism strains is increasing. Thus, the design of new and effective antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal agents will be a major challenge in the next years. This book reviews the current state-of-the-art in antimicrobial research and discusses new strategies for the design and discovery of novel therapies. Topics covered include the use of genetic engineering, genome mining, manipulation of gene clusters, X-ray and neutron scattering as well as the antimicrobial effects of essential oils, antimicrobial agents of plant origin, beta-lactam antibiotics, antimicrobial peptides, and cell-wall-affecting antifungal antibiotics.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	2014
Editors:	Tomas G. Villa • Patricia Veiga Crespo
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	316
Edition:	2014 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-40443-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pathology > Medical microbiology & virology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Microbiology (non-medical) > General Books > Professional & Technical > Industrial chemistry & manufacturing technologies > Industrial chemistry > Pharmaceutical technology Promotions
LSN:	3-642-40443-X
Barcode:	9783642404436

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